Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-10-21

. bly, iu her service as he in his
They took him prisoner Tie wasted In 1lbby
aud grew gauut aud haEgard with the horror of
his sunerings and with pity for the horror Of the
greater suhernrs NJ bis comrades who tainted
aud died nj his side. HD saw his schuOlmnte unut.
ing With the feVtrof thirst set shot like dog for
reaching across THE line Co drink the staguant wa.
ter a dog would have scorned lie tunneled the
/ carth ana escaped Hungry and weak, In terror
/ Of rrcapturc d. followed ly night the pathway of
| the railroad Upon its timbcrs. hoar with frost
/ De tOttrrDd iu the dark. over rivers that flowed
/ deep hrueath his tteacherous foothod He slept
] tn thickets and sauk u swamps In long and
| painful circuits he stole around hausts vbere he
] dared not ask for food or shelter He saw the
/ glitter Of horsrmcn who pursued him lie knew
/ the bloodhound was ON his track A faithful ne
/ gro good samaritan took compassion ON him
/ bound up his wounds, and set him ON his way
| He reached the lines, aud. with one hand already
/ grasping at freedom, they caught him and took
/ MN back to his captivity. He was exchanged at
/ last, and you remember perhaps some aged
| mother here remembers when he came home ON
/ a short furluugh how war-woru vet how manly
/ ne had grown But he soon returned 90 the ranks
| and To- the welcome of his comrades They loved
/ him for his nanliness his high bearing. his fne
/ sense OF honor. They felt the nobility on charat,
/ ter and conduct that brpathed out from him
/ They recall him now with tears and pride All
thls very day, from time 20 time, his name has
/ been upon your lips as you met together and his
/ living memory la your hearts In the rifle. pits
around Petersburg you heard his steady voice and
| hrm command. THE bullet OF the sharushooter
/ picked OF the soldier who stood al his side and
VINO Tell dying n his one last brief message,
/ whispered, ana faithfully sent home It was a
| torlurn hopr-the charge Of the brave regiment
| ~ winch he was captain. reduced now by three
| years long lighting 30 hundred veterans con
| scuu~ that somebody had Numbered vet grimiy
| ubeuirni To duty Some who saw him then fancipd
that lac seemed that day like one who foref,,t thu.
| end Bul there was no flinchiug as he led He
| had Just turned 90 give cheer when the fatal
/ ball struck him There was a CONFUSION of The
upttcd hand; his eyes pleading and loynI turned
thelr hs' glance o. the nag. his lips parted He
| fell dead, and al nghtfall lay with his cold fac,
| to t.,e stars. his immortal soul with God Home
Nnl,nr. ms swift spirit had already fled. they
| brought nm, imrer than Aduuis over whom th,.
| E3iutS7 OF beauty Wept They buried him iu the
| village churchyard, under the green turf Year
hl year hls comrades aud his kin scatter his grave
| with huwers His picture hangs un the homestead
| walls Children look up to d and engprly nsk Ia
| hear his story II was mora than twenty wears
ago, and the face d. so young sD lavish anJ fair
that you cannot believe hc was tine hero of twenty
l battles, "a veteran in the wars leader Of men.
| brave. cool. commanding great
DO you ask who he was, He was In every Yer.
| mont regiment. lie went out from every village.
| that htstits under the Green mountains lie
| Sl'tIs h every huNing ground by which the Con.
uttllcul SOILS Recall romance. r,.cite TIN. names
| 90 the heiUes Of legend aud song but ther is
/ none Co whom he is not peer Can YOU think ~
him and not thrill with gratitude or ask WHY siirl
promise such hope. such worth should have lg..u
| cut down know not why it Is that il the future
VI" always progress the lnst is always sacrifice.
unless it he that ir the nation a. u man sacfiic,.
| Is th, sol ann seed Of prugress know not why
| % Is. ln the pruydcnc-uf God that through b,,,I
not The slaughter of rams and goats. but the bood
OF human hehit~ the great gains uf human free.
dom have had their impulse. unless 10 hs. TINT IN
tir laMe uI ME as ln thu laws % light it b. the red
rays that are strongest ana that first shine brnt.l
ana Hash tue dawn, turrteu- the pur. white. i'm.
| ot Tho upri~"n sun But this We DO know that
search history through. You shall not lind NOR.
heroic record Of th" duWrr oi youth giving itself
! Tor fsht anu country sake The republic will
never forget their mruufN Their lives ur,. ius.t,
/ aIhhlN M"ullihs her character now and hereafter
| les why was d. Why du We recall all thiss
i"cdusr Ga" sacrifice Is lost iu tine c,usuuuntiOu
/ Indeed is death sW allowed upiu victory B,caus..
| 1t was not uipIs'd bud but the fun hover H..
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| ward looking ambition Go o. ui s..r,it, 10 th..
! ""iid "rr" fulfilled, mot defeated. iu you who
SURVIVE anu 900 your departed comrades the Young
in'h lnt'thrT ui l7Jl II ~ uur pride ct conquest
| % 90 these organizations aud festivals uui mir-
l'Sg "rr' simply To- count our excess Of victories
/ go glory ~ "ut superiority ~ numbers. financial
| endurance and material strength. to echo th,.
| Eihinipre roar OF triumph Go rake FROM the dy-
lus rui-.r~ hush> of t.s -tlusiu. fr,-. of man. IL
we're wurSr than time wasted 10 was no fight ~
/ men with uicu, that b. but brutality Il was the.
/ eternal war 90 RIGHT with wrong which is divine.
| ann Wr'at4rs AL eternal crown of glory around
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